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Construction of the Mills County Law Enforcement Center is expected to begin in the spring or early summer of 2013 and will take about one year to complete.

Mills County residents approved the $6.4 million facility in a special election Tuesday, Aug. 7, by a 987-441 (69-31 percent) margin. The Mills County Law Enforcement Center will replace the existing Mills County Jail and Sheriff’s Office, built in 1915. The new facility to be constructed in an industrial area at 500 Railroad Ave. in Glenwood, will house the sheriff's office and a 24-bed jail.

Mills County residents have passed a $6.4 million bond issue for the construction of a Mills County Law Enforcement Center. In a county-wide vote Tuesday, the bond issue passed by a margin of 987-441 (69-31 percent). More details from the election will be published in the Aug. 15 print and online editions of The Opinion-Tribune.

The Glenwood Public Library's basement renovation may be finished, but the excitement has just started.
The fall will bring several new programs to the library. Director Angela Campbell found out in mid-July that the Library Foundation has received a $35,000 grant for the creation of a living literacy lab.

Judge James Heckerman
Jeffery Wayne Davis, Glenwood – O.W.I., pleaded guilty, sentence suspended to two days in county jail, one year probation, ordered to undergo substance abuse evaluation, pay $1,250 fine ($625 waived with proof of driver’s license in four months), court costs and fees.
Zachary Clay Younts, Tabor – public intoxication, sentenced to two days in county jail with credit given for time served, ordered to pay court costs and fees.